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Man accused of killing mistress' son, confessing to co-workers

Calvin Sneed told co-workers he killed his mistress's son and is now on the run. (Photo: Nicole Carr/Twitter)

By
Nicole Garr

WSBTV.com

ATLANTA
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Atlanta police are searching for a DeKalb County car salesman who confessed to killing his mistress’ son this week.

Calvin Sneed, 51, is now on APD’s Most Wanted List. Witnesses, including the victim’s family, said Sneed unloaded his revolver on 30-year-old Gregory Jones Jr. in the front yard of a Croft Place home Jones shared with his mother and grandmother.

The deadly shooting happened around 10 p.m. Monday, following a confrontation between the two men outside. In an exclusive interview with Channel 2’s Nicole Carr, Jones’ mother said her son approached the couple, confronting Sneed about how he treated her.

Andrews said her grandson was able to make it back into the house and identify the shooter.

“He said, 'I’ve been shot four times.' He said, 'Calvin just shot me,'” Andrews said. “I said, ‘Don’t say that you’re dying. Say that in the blood of Jesus that you will live.'”

Jones, a father of five, survived for 10 hours. He died at Grady Hospital early on Valentine’s Day morning.

That afternoon, Sneed’s co-workers at Superior Chevrolet in DeKalb County said he came in for a normal work day, but later confessed to killing his mistress’ son.

“And (he said) that he was cleaning his office out because he didn’t want police to come looking for him," said Lt. Charles Hampton, an investigator with APD’s homicide unit.

Co-workers told Carr that Sneed, a top salesman, called repeatedly that day from different phone numbers. He was trying to get his last paycheck.

By Wednesday, Atlanta police said they’d found Sneed’s red 2006 Kia Sonata. It was in the possession of a juvenile on Delmar Lane, but APD said it was unclear how the car turned up less than two miles from the shooting scene.

Williams said Sneed had known the family for seven years, and he and his son had a prior, similar confrontation. Andrews said her grandson never had a good feeling about Sneed’s intentions with Williams.